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Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Digging for Vinyl – Rush - Exit...Stage Left

Right off the bat I'll admit something, I've never had this album on vinyl, but I did
have the cassette so it was kind of the same, just in a smaller more compact not
as cool format, the record I speak of is "Exit...Stage Left"by Rush. I'm putting it out there by stating
that 90% of the kids at my public school were into Rush…..you lived in Canada, it
was 1981 and you listened to Rush, that was just the way it was.

As I was digging
thru the vinyl bins at Alleycats Musc & Art in Orillia I noticed it, sitting
there staring at me nestled in-between Roxy Music and Rod Stewart, the cover with
the woman from their "Permanent Waves" album looking out from behind
the stage curtain at the crowd who were there for just one thing, to see Geddy,
Alex and Neil live.Sadly I have to
admit that Rush are one of the few bands that I haven't had the good fortune of
seeing in concert, so the live "Exit...Stage Left"is all I have…..one day. The double album has
it all; you've got The Spirit of Radio,
Red Barchetta, Closer to the Heart, and
the song I think of when I hear the name Rush Tom Sawyer.

Waking it from its
slumber among the vinyl at Alleycats Music & Art was just the right thing
to do, then dropping' the needle on Side One took me back to Regent Park Public
School among the legion of Rush fans who just never grew tired of them, and I
believe never have.